Free-casting reel.



PATENTED NOV. 26, 1907?.

H; SLOTTERBEGK. FREE CASTING REEL.

HARItY SLOTTERBECK, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, HARRY SLOTTERBECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angele, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Free-Casting Reel, of which the following is'a specification.

It is of the .objects of this invention to provide a fishing reel with im roved means whereby the line will unreel reely without interference of the handle whenever it is so desired in order to cast the line; to construct such means of few parts and to adapt them for use with differentkinds of reels.

The invention relates to a reel the crank gear of which is shiftable by suitable means so that it can be thrown into and out of mesh with .the reel pinion. An object of this invention is to so construct the same that it may be carried out by any mechanic b applying a simple attachment toan ordinary reel and transforming such reel into a free-casting reel.

I Another object is to provide means that will facilitate and make more convenient and agreeable the operation of casting and reeling the lines.

. rection,

- any further- ,o'ato .Thcaccompanying drawings illustrate the invention;

" Figure 1 1s a view-eta form of reel embody- .mg the invention.

Fig. 2 1s a view looking from the lnside of the reel'cap shown in I 1g. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line indicated by r :c F ms. 1 and 2. The parts being in position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

ldesignatcs the reel frame; 2 the spool; 3 the crank orihan dle;4: the crank gear; 5 the reel pinion and 6 an arm pivoted to the frame 1 by a pivot 7. v I

The crank gear 4 is mounted. on the pivot journaled in frame 1 by its shaft '9 which is fixed-thereto by a screw 10 and is provided with an eccentric pin 11 that enagcs in the slot 12 in the end of the arm 6.

he lever 8 serves as a catch to hold the arm 6 in a ro riatc osition without the need of PP P lg to; the shaft 9 so that t e gear-Lean be throwninto and out of mesh. by simpl swinging said'lever 8 in one or the other d1- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed iinril 13, 1906. Serial No. 311,464.

.second shaft, and an eccentric The 11 is eccentric r nnn-css'rine nEEL.

Patented Nov. 26,1907,

The orbit of the eccentric pin terminates on opposite sides of the. axis of the shaft, so

as to hold the arm 6 in one position with the gears fully in mesh, and in another osition'f' ment with the engaging other and the means.

so as by the part .12, will by positive engage-H part, as 11, fix the swinging arm in either the meshing or nona meshing position.

When the fisherman desires to cast his line, not shown, he will swing the lever 8 into the dotted position of Fig. 2, thus swin ing the arm 6 outward to hold the-cran gear 4 out of mesh with pinion 5. Y Then the reel is perfectly free and the line cast Viithtiut .any interference from. the crank. The

crank-gear-shaft 13 is carried by the arm ,6 instead of frame 1. The crank3 is detachably secured to the crank gear 4 by cap screw 14; By mounting the crank gear on the pivot arm, as shown, it becomes possible to transform the ordinary reel into a free-casting reel without any considerable expense.

i5 is the shaft of the spool on which the reel pinion 5 is fixech A reel com rising a spool having a shaft, a gear mounte on said shaft, a swin 'ng arm provided with a slot, a gear mounte on said arm and adapted to mesh with the gear on said shaft, a handle for the second named gear, a second shaft, a crank to turn said pin on such shaftworking-in' the slot of the swinging arm to move the arm, said pin having an orbit 'terminatin on opposite sides of the axis of hold said arm in; one position with the ears fully in mesh and I such secom shaftso as to in another position with the gearsfully out .of mesh.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set being rigidly fixed to the reel my hand at'Los AngeleaCaliforniathis 20th day of March 1906; I I

H HARRY .sLoTTEn EcKr In presence of- James R. Townsmw,

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